Gideon Defoe (born 26 December 1975) is an English novelist of ''

The Pirates! ''The Pirates!'' is a series of five comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. It is written by British author Gideon Defoe and was published starting in 2004 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The fifth book, ''The Pirates! in an ...

'', a historical fiction fantasy comedy book series about a group of pirates on their adventures. He also wrote the screenplay for '' The Pirates! Band of Misfits'' which is an

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stop-motion animated feature film based on '' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'', the first book in ''The Pirates!'' book series. According to his 2020 book ''An Atlas of Extinct Countries'', Defoe also does film development work with

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and

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and is developing a TV sitcom with

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Bibliography

''The Pirates!'' book series

*'' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists'' (2004) *'' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Whaling'' (2005) *'' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists'' (2006) *'' The Pirates! in an Adventure with Napoleon'' (2008) *'' The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics'' (2012)

Other books

*''How Animals Have Sex'' (2005) *''Elite Dangerous: Docking is Difficult'' (2014) *''An Atlas of Extinct Countries'' (2020)

Awards

References

External links

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Gideon Defoe's blog
21st-century British novelists Living people 1975 births British male novelists 21st-century British male writers 21st-century British non-fiction writers British humorists The Pirates! {{UK-novelist-stub